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it was fascinating what you said about president obama. i wonder if you could talk about the country just for a second and this sort of polarization. you know, a pet theory of mine is that what we're seeing as a result of some of the anxieties that people are feeling about economic and social dislocations that are taking place in the country, these big forces that are beyond our control, is do you buy into a theory kind of like that? i'm sure you have kind of a krauthammer take on the larger trajectory of this country. so what is it? >> gene and i are the yin and yang of the op-ed page of "the washington post." if you want yin, you read me, if you want yang, you read the next day. a great question. i do think the reason we are polarized, the reason whef this ideological division is because -- and i write about this in the book talking act the new constitutionalism of the right. we are in a crisis of the welfare state. it was constructed half a century ago. and the demographics and the technology of our age are completely different. and the
it was fascinating what you said about president obama. i wonder if you could talk about the country just for a second and this sort of polarization. you know, a pet theory of mine is that what we're seeing as a result of some of the anxieties that people are feeling about economic and social dislocations that are taking place in the country, these big forces that are beyond our control, is do you buy into a theory kind of like that? i'm sure you have kind of a krauthammer take on the larger...
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obama care is in the spotlight. the old system, the insurance market was capricious, costs out of control for individuals in the macro economy and irrational. the president's confident he built a better system that will eventually lower costs, will be more rational and limit the power of insurance companies to take advantage of people. people aren't thinking of the old system. they are thinking of the problems with obama care and whether the problem is lack of honesty about what to do in the individual market, whether it's about the computer, all the other changes coming, rising rates in some places, he has a big problem. he can no longer say this is better than before. people are saying is this what we want. if you have a system like this this there will be problems. >> to john meechum's point one of the defining characteristics of this is the collapse of trust of nearly every institution in the country, particularly government institutions. so this becomes sort of a death spiral because it requires to fix this mor
obama care is in the spotlight. the old system, the insurance market was capricious, costs out of control for individuals in the macro economy and irrational. the president's confident he built a better system that will eventually lower costs, will be more rational and limit the power of insurance companies to take advantage of people. people aren't thinking of the old system. they are thinking of the problems with obama care and whether the problem is lack of honesty about what to do in the...
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barack obama believed that. >> obama did not claim that. the president did not say that. >> hillary clinton wasn't running against him in 2012. >> this commercial was put together by some sort of arm. >> somebody very close to barack obama. barack obama takes responsibility, the buck stops with barack obama. >> okay. >> barack obama and his campaign and people connected to his campaign and people closely associated with him in the past claimed that mitt romney killed a woman. >> okay. the story is bad enough, you don't need to do that. >> can i please make my point? i'm going to say it again, barack obama, his campaign, they all claimed in 2012. it was one of the most horrific claims that mitt romney killed a man's wife. >> i remember condemning the commercial as well. >> mika, i'm going to keep doing this, okay? so, in 2012, barack obama claimed that mitt romney killed a woman. yesterday, he's in massachusetts and he says mitt romney is the model of health care. responsible health care. why don't we call this out this morning? a man who ma
barack obama believed that. >> obama did not claim that. the president did not say that. >> hillary clinton wasn't running against him in 2012. >> this commercial was put together by some sort of arm. >> somebody very close to barack obama. barack obama takes responsibility, the buck stops with barack obama. >> okay. >> barack obama and his campaign and people connected to his campaign and people closely associated with him in the past claimed that mitt...
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obama said i am wired in a different way than this event requires. obama pausd. i just don't know if i can do this. he said. he was like ted kennedy. he didn't know why he was running for president. i got to reason to run. >> this sass john said one of the most extraordinary scenes we came across. it was hard to get because there were only a few people in the room. the president two week before the debate, 48 hours before the election, 48 hours before the debate he's in a bad place. he's been telling them i'm barack obama i never lose two in a row. i'll win the second debate. in this meeting he said i'm not sure i can do it. saying he has no plans which was a critique of many republicans, including governor romney and some people in the press the fact he said it in this meeting something that some conservatives are going to seize on to say see he wasn't running on anything. how could he go out and have a serious discussion with mitt romney when he was running a campaign to disqualify mitt romney and not on any kind of specific big things that he wants to be about
obama said i am wired in a different way than this event requires. obama pausd. i just don't know if i can do this. he said. he was like ted kennedy. he didn't know why he was running for president. i got to reason to run. >> this sass john said one of the most extraordinary scenes we came across. it was hard to get because there were only a few people in the room. the president two week before the debate, 48 hours before the election, 48 hours before the debate he's in a bad place. he's...
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it's a false choice to stay it's obama care or nothing. there are numerous proposals, including the one i'm a co-sponsor-of-. >> i yield back, sir. let me take the time back. are you serious what you just said? are you really serious? after what we have gone through. after what we have gone through in the last 3.5 years? have you -- you can sit there and say that you had a legitimate alternative after these years? we've gone through 44 votes, 48 votes now of you trying to dismantle this legislation. you ka ul that cooperation? i don't. >> yep, that's one way of putting it. welcome to "morning joe," everyone. it is october 30th, the day before halloween. >> that's how harold and i were on education. >> it wasn't that, kill the mood. we have pulitzer please historian john meacham. are you going to do the jonas brothers right now? >> i did it earlier. i proofread it. no one proofread the jonas brothers. >> that's a shame. msnbc visiting analyst. former democratic congressman harold ford, jr. good morning. and in washington, we have senior pol
it's a false choice to stay it's obama care or nothing. there are numerous proposals, including the one i'm a co-sponsor-of-. >> i yield back, sir. let me take the time back. are you serious what you just said? are you really serious? after what we have gone through. after what we have gone through in the last 3.5 years? have you -- you can sit there and say that you had a legitimate alternative after these years? we've gone through 44 votes, 48 votes now of you trying to dismantle this...
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he's not going to sign legislation that repeals obama care. it won't happen until he's out of office. are you content to work within the confines and pass legislation that will change it, but mot wipe it off the map? >> i will tell you that most of us say that it's built on a faulty foundation and it's going to crumble. on a substance level, it will be hard to cancel this out. we argued that it doesn't add up. the math doesn't work. we would like to do this over. obviously in the near term, we want to spare as many people we can from the harmful effects of this law. we will see. maybe there will be movements and cracks among democrats who are recognizing that this is hard to defend with their constituents who are seeing the canceled policies and rate increases. in the end, we would like to go in a different direction. that's the case we would like to take the american people. >> hey, john. always great talking to you. >> joe, i was impressed with you and i saw you running on the warning track. you didn't stop. there were no donut breaks or any
he's not going to sign legislation that repeals obama care. it won't happen until he's out of office. are you content to work within the confines and pass legislation that will change it, but mot wipe it off the map? >> i will tell you that most of us say that it's built on a faulty foundation and it's going to crumble. on a substance level, it will be hard to cancel this out. we argued that it doesn't add up. the math doesn't work. we would like to do this over. obviously in the near...